(Williams, Iowa) – A multi-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in northern Iowa claimed one life and resulted in the road closed and traffic being detoured around the crash. The accident took place at around 2:40-p.m. on southbound Interstate 35 near mile marker 147, in Hamilton County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2019 Ford Fiesta driven by 68-year-old Reed Peterson, of Mason City, was traveling north on I-35, when for reasons unknown, the car crossed the median and hit the rear trailer tires of a 2000 Volvo semi, driven by 37-year-old Serghei Gornostali, of Bartlett, IL.

Following the impact the car was struck by a 2021 Freightliner semi, driven by a 29-year-old from Kentucky. The impact from that collision dislodged the engine from the car.

A 2016 GMC Yukon driven by 23-year-old Caleb Jacobsen, of Dows (IA), struck the engine block before the SUV struck the Freightliner. The SUV and Freightliner semi then traveled together into the west ditch. The car stopped on the inside lane of the Interstate.

The Patrol says Reed Peterson died at the scene. The other drivers were treated and released.